Table des matières

Michael Brown et Ira Robinson

In Memoriam: Daniel J. Elazar

Foreword: How This Book Came to Be

Michael Brown et Ira Robinson

Acknowledgements

Part I: The Setting

Daniel Elazar, Michael Brown et Ira Robinson

Issues and Contexts: An Introduction

• The Issues
• The Canadian Context
• The Jewish Context

Daniel J. Elazar

Using Foundation Documents in the Study of Jewish Public Affairs

• The New Jewish Constitutionalism
• Constitutionalism in Modern Jewish Thought
• The Jewish Textual Tradition and Jewish Political Studies
• Studying the Constitutions of Contemporary Jewry
• Elements to be Examined in the Study of Contemporary Jewish Constitutional Documents
• What Have We Learned so Far?
• The Constitutional Documents as a Learning Device

Lorraine Eisenstat Weinrib

‘Do Justice to Us!’ Jews and the Constitution of Canada

• Introduction
• Nineteenth-Century Beginnings
• The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• The Charter’s Adoption
• Early Interpretation of the Charter: The Sunday Closing Cases
• Religion in the Schools: Building a Model of Equal Citizenship
• Laws Against Hate Promotion: Building a Civil Society
• Prosecution of War Criminals
• Outstanding Issues
• Conclusion

Part II: Analysis and Discussion

Jay M. Eidelman

Kissing Cousins: The Early History of Congregations Shearith Israel of New York City and Montreal

Michael Brown

Signs of the Times: Changing Notions of Citizenship, Governance, and Authority as Reflected in Synagogue Constitutions

• The Context
• Citizenship Criteria and Rights
• Governance and Authority
• Conclusions

Ira Robinson

They Work in Faithfulness: Studies in the Constitutional Documents of Canadian Jewish Organizations Other Than Synagogues

• What Do We Mean When We Say “Canadian Jewish Organizations?”
• The First Non-Synagogal Organization
• National Organizations
• Regional, Local, and Special-Interest Organizations
• What Does Canada Look Like in These Constitutional Documents?
• Canadian Jewish Geography
• Regional Variations
• The Montreal-Toronto Rivalry
• Language Questions
• Canadian Society
• Government Support of Social Services
• What Areas of Concern Are Expressed in the Constitutional Documents?
• Youth
• Israel
• Women
• Education
• Religion
• Social Life
• Landsmannshaftn
• Conclusion

Part III: Selected Documents (Excerpts)

Charitable and Welfare Organizations

• Young Men’s Hebrew Benevolent Society of Montreal
• REVISED BYE-LAWS (1871)
• DUTIES OF OFFICERS
• MEMBERSHIP
• Jewish Family Service (Calgary, 1960)

Cultural and Educational Organizations

• Jewish People’s Library
• LETTERS PATENT (Montreal, July 5,1929)
• REVISED STATUTES (Montreal, 1930) [original in Yiddish]
• Downtown Jewish Community School (Toronto, 1981)
• 1. NAME
• 2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
• 3. MEMBERSHIP
• Jewish People’s and Peretz Schools (Montreal)
• CONSTITUTION OF JEWISH PEOPLE’S SCHOOLS & PERETZ SCHOOLS INC. (1984)
• 1. PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS

Federations

• Burquest Jewish Community Association (British Columbia)
• CONSTITUTION and BYLAWS (1976)
• Jewish Community Council of Kingston (Ontario)
• CONSTITUTION
• I. Name and Objectives
• II. Membership
• Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir (Jewish Community Council of Ottawa)
• PROPOSED REVISED CONSTITUTION (1943)
• Toronto Jewish Congress
• OBJECTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL BYLAW (1989)
• CONSTITUTIONAL BYLAW OF TORONTO JEWISH CONGRESS MEMBERSHIP
• A. The following shall be Members of the Toronto Jewish Congress
• B. The following shall not be, or remain, members of the TJC
• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

National Organizations

• Canadian Jewish Congress
• CONSTITUTION
• I. Name
• II. Aims
• III. Constitution
• Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (Ottawa, August 30, 1922)

Patriotic Organizations

• Jewish War Veterans of Canada
• CONSTITUTION
• PREAMBLE
• ARTICLE 1. NAME

Professional Associations

• Alpha Omega Fraternity (Toronto, 1989)
• THE CREED OF ALPHA OMEGA
• PREAMBLE
• Article I – Name
• Article II – Objects

Secular Organizations

• United Jewish Peoples Order Mutual Benefit League Formerly Known as the Labour League
• ARTICLE I
• Section 1
• Section 2
• ARTICLE II-MEMBERSHIP
• Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Section 6
• Section 7
• Section 8
• ARTICLE III – ADMINISTRATION OF HEAD OFFICE, ITS OFFICERS AND THEIR ELECTIONS
• Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Section 5
• Section 6

Self-Help Organizations (Landsmannshaftn)

• Hebrew Sick Benefit Association (Montreal, 1902)
• Article 1
• Name and Language
• Article 3
• Acceptance of Members
• New Jewish Fraternal Association (Toronto)
• GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY (1960)

Social Organizations

• Concordia Club (Vancouver)
• CONSTITUTION (1920s)
• NAME
• OBJECTS
• MEMBERSHIP
• ELECTION OF MEMBERS
• Jewish Community Centre (Toronto, 1989)
• ARTICLE II – OBJECTIVES

Students’ and Women’s Organizations

• Jewish Students’ Union (Toronto)
• CONSTITUTION
• ARTICLE 1.01 – Name
• ARTICLE 2.01 – Objectives
• ARTICLE 3.01 – Membership and Fees
• ARTICLE 3.03
• Na’amat
• CONSTITUTION (1993)
• PREAMBLE
• Article 1

Zionist and Israel-Related Organizations

• Canadian Friends of Haifa University (Toronto, 1973)
• Zionist Men’s Association of Canada
• CONSTITUTION (as amended by the 31st National Convention May 29th-31st, 1959)
• Name and Affiliation
• Objects
• Headquarters
• Organization

Synagogues

• Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel of Montreal
• BY-LAWS (August 3, 1846)
• ARTICLE I
• Clause 1
• Clause 3
• ARTICLE II
• Clause 3: After the Election of Officers
• ARTICLE III
• Clause 1
• Clause 2
• Clause 3
• ARTICLE IV
• Clause 1: Of the Parnass
• Clause 2
• Clause 4
• ARTICLE VI
• Clause 1
• Clause 2
• Clause 3
• Clause 4
• Clause 5
• Clause 6
• ARTICLE VII
• Clause 1: Of Members
• Clause 2
• Clause 3
• ARTICLE IX
• Clause 1: Of fines
• Clause 2
• Clause 3
• Clause 4
• Clause 5
• Clause 6
• Clause 7
• Clause 8
• ARTICLE X
• Clause 1
• Clause 2
• BY-LAWS (Revised and Passed the ^1st Day of Nov. 1857)
• ARTICLE 1
• ARTICLE 2. OF THE PRESIDENT
• ARTICLE 5. OF THE CORPORATION
• ARTICLE 6. OF MEMBERS
• ARTICLE 7. SEAT-HOLDERS
• ARTICLE 8. OF THE MICVAH
• ARTICLE 9. THE DUTIES OF THE HAZAN
• DRAFT BY-LAW (July, 1976)
• I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CONGREGATION
• II. MEMBERSHIP
• III. ADMINISTRATION
• V. COMMITTEES
• VI. THE CEMETERY
• VII. AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS
• VIII. ADVISORY COUNCIL
• IX. ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
• BY-LAWS (approved 1992 and amended 1993)
• I. DEFINITIONS
• II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES & OBJECTS OF THE CONGREGATION
• III. MEMBERSHIP
• IV. ADMINISTRATION
• V. MEETINGS
• VI. OFFICERS
• VII. OFFICIALS
• VIII. COMMITTEES
• IX. THE CEMETERY
• XII. INTERPRETATION
• Holy Blossom Hebrew Congregation of Toronto
• BY-LAWS (1871) PREAMBLE
• ARTICLE 1 – NAME
• ARTICLE 2 – RITUAL
• ARTICLE 3 – GOVERNMENT
• BY-LAWS (Revised January 1, 1894)
• ARTICLE 1 – NAME
• ARTICLE 2 – RITUAL
• ARTICLE 3 – GOVERNMENT
• ARTICLE 4 – PRESIDENT
• ARTICLE 8 – TRUSTEES
• ARTICLE 9 – MEMBERS
• ARTICLE 10 – SEAT-HOLDERS
• ARTICLE 11 – SCHOOL BOARD
• ARTICLE 12 – BURIAL-GROUND
• ARTICLE 14
• The Holy Blossom Toronto Hebrew Congregation
• BY-LAWS (Toronto - December, 1955)
• ARTICLE 1 – NAME
• ARTICLE 2 – RITUAL
• ARTICLE 3 – MEMBERSHIP
• ARTICLE 5 – BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• ARTICLE 7 – OFFICERS
• ARTICLE 10 – RABBI
• ARTICLE 11 – COMMITTEES
• ARTICLE 12 – SEATING
• ARTICLE 13 – BURIAL
• ARTICLE 15 – BY-LAW AMENDMENTS
• BY-LAWS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERIES OWNED BY THE HOLY BLOSSOM CONGREGATION
• ARTICLE 4 – GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
• CONSTITUTION (December 6,1992)
• ARTICLE 2 – THE CONGREGATION
• ARTICLE 3 – MEMBERSHIP
• ARTICLE 4 – DUES AND ASSESSMENTS
• ARTICLE 5 – BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• ARTICLE 7 – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• ARTICLE 8 – DEPARTMENTS
• ARTICLE 9 – COMMITTEES
• ARTICLE 10 – AUXILIARY UNITS
• ARTICLE 11 – PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS
• ARTICLE 12 – APPOINTMENT
• ARTICLE 13 – RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS
• ARTICLE 15 – TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
• ARTICLE 16 – OTHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
• ARTICLE 21 – ENDOWMENT FUND
• ARTICLE 22 – BORROWING
• ARTICLE 23 – CONDUCT AND OPERATION
• ARTICLE 24 – ATTENDANCE
• ARTICLE 33 – AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
• Congregation of the House of Jacob (Calgary)
• DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION (1905)
• The Congregation House of Jacob – Mikveh Israel (Calgary)
• BY-LAWS (June 19, 1984)
• BY-LAW ONE: NAME
• BY-LAW TWO: PURPOSES AND POWERS
• BY-LAW THREE: MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
• BY-LAW FOUR: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CONGREGATION
• BY-LAW SEVEN: VOTING
• BY-LAW NINE: THE RABBI
• BY-LAW ELEVEN: CHANGES TO THE BY-LAWS
• DEFINITION OF GENDER
• DEFINITION OF TERMS
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Winnipeg)
• CHAPTER 141, STATUTES OF MANITOBA, 1914, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 107, STATUTES OF MANITOBA, 1915, AND BY CHAPTER 100, STATUTES OF MANITOBA, 1942
• ARTICLE 1
• ARTICLE 2 – MEETING OF MEMBERS
• ARTICLE 3 – BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
• ARTICLE 6 – COMMITTEES
• 7. ADULT LEISURE ACTIVITIES
• 8. CATERING COMMITTEE
• 14. LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
• 15. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
• 17. RITUAL COMMITTEE
• ARTICLE 7 – BROTHERHOOD
• ARTICLE 8 – SISTERHOOD
• ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENTS
• Solel Congregation of Mississauga
• CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS (adopted 1974, amended to 1980)
• PREAMBLE
• II AFFILIATION
• III MEMBERSHIP
• IV PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP
• V VOTING
• VII EXPULSION
• VIII SEATING
• X BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• XI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• XII MEETINGS
• XIII ELECTION PROCEDURES
• XIV RABBI AND CANTOR
• XV STANDING COMMITTEES
• XXVI AMENDMENTS
• XXVII INTERPRETATION
• CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS (Revised, 1992)
• PREAMBLE
• II AFFILIATION
• III MEMBERSHIP
• IV PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP
• IX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• X EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• XIII RABBI, CANTOR AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
• XIV STANDING COMMITTEES
• XXIII AMENDMENTS
• XXVI REGULATIONS
• Congregation Emanu-El (Victoria)
• CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS (Revised May 1993)
• BY-LAWS
• ARTICLE I MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
• ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO JEWISH LAW SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
• ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF THE MEMBERS
• ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION (COMPOSITION, ELECTION, MEETINGS)
• ARTICLE IV DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• ARTICLE V STANDING COMMITTEES
• ARTICLE VI NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• ARTICLE VII PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS
• ARTICLE VIII USE OF FACILITIES BY NON-MEMBERS
• ARTICLE IX EXPULSION AND SUSPENSION
• ARTICLE X GENERAL PROCEDURE
• Congregation Dorshei Emet – The Reconstructionist Synagogue of Montreal
• BY-LAWS (1994)
• ARTICLE 1 OBJECTIVES
• ARTICLE 2 MEMBERSHIP
• Section 1 MEMBERSHIP
• Section 2 CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
• Section 3 MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES
• Section 7 SUSPENSIONS
• ARTICLE 6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• Section 2 ELIGIBILITY
• Section 4 POWERS OF THE BOARD
• Section 7 VOTING
• Section 8 QUORUM
• Section 9 VACANCIES
• ARTICLE 7 OFFICERS
• Section 1 ELIGIBILITY
• Section 2 TERM OF OFFICE
• Section 3 POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
• ARTICLE 8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• Section 1 COMPOSITION
• Section 2 POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• Section 5 VOTING
• ARTICLE 9 RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES
• Section 1 RABBI AND OTHER RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS
• Section 2 DUTIES IN CONGREGATION
• Section 3 CONTRACTS
• Section 4 DUTIES OF THE RABBI
• ARTICLE 11 COMMITTEES
• Section 5 STANDING COMMITTEES
• ARTICLE 12 NOMINATIONS
• Section 3 SLATE
• Section 4 NOMINATIONS
• ARTICLE 13 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
• Section 4 VOTING
• Section 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS
• ARTICLE 16 AMENDMENTS
• ARTICLE 18 AFFILIATION

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